Opening File

[Mike C.]

Thanks for your response.  I have been shutting down GnuCash with 
File>Quit not the X before closing down the computer.  Based on your 
earlier response I deleted the .gconf file and let it be regenerated 
which of course lost all the preferences.  That seems to have solved the 
problem.  As a secondary benefit, previously the majority of the time 
the account detail would not be shown when opened from the chart of 
accounts or when scrolling in the account.  That seems to be much 
improved now so I guess the .gconf folder had been corrupted although I 
don't know how.
Thinking back now I know the preferences were being saved when I closed 
GnuCash and reopened it but I'm not sure they were saved when the 
computer was shut down or hibernated.
  I learn something new every time a new problem come up.  It would be 
helpful if there was a way to capture these troubleshooting solutions, 
other than the e-mail archives, so they would be easy to find for others 
in the future.
Mike

On 3/20/2010 5:05 PM, Derek Atkins wrote:
> Hi,
>
> "Mike C."<subscribe307 at verizon.net>  writes:
>
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>> Thanks for trying to address my problem.  I tried changing the
>> preferences and found the changes are saved.  All data entered is
>> saved so nothing is lost.  The only problem is that when I start GC it
>> opens to the old data file so that then I have to go open the new
>> file.  I found that if I shut down GC and then reopen it without
>> shutting down the computer it then opens in the new file as expected
>> but when I hibernate the computer and then restart the computer and GC
>> again it opens to the old file.  I did this several times to make sure
>> it happens each time.  There is something that is not being saved on
>> shutdown.  Any suggestions on how to fix this?
>>      
> Yes, make sure you shut down GnuCash before you shut down the computer.
> Note that I noticed that on a Mac you cannot use the red-x circle, you
> actually have to go into the Menu and File ->  Shutdown (or maybe GnuCash
> ->  Shutdown).  If you do not do this then your settings are lost.
>
> So....  Just do that.
>
>    
>> Mike
>>      
> -derek
>
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>
>
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